Jonesboro council approves two property condemnations, adopts updated council rules; drainage-easement ordinance moves to second reading

Jonesboro City Council on April 1 approved two resolutions condemning properties at 300 East Pine Street and 1108 Cartwright Street, adopted an amendment to its rules of procedure and advanced an ordinance to vacate a drainage easement to a second reading.

The council voted to proceed with condemnation of 300 East Pine Street (parcel 01-144074-14700, owner listed as Montgomery Investments Lehi) and 1108 Cartwright Street (parcel 01-144073-05900, owners listed as Zygmunt and Nancy Sue Majewski). Both resolutions were approved after the mayor called for the vote; no public discussion was reported on either item.

The council also adopted Ordinance 25-008, an amendment to the Jonesboro Code of Ordinances, chapter 2, article 3, establishing City Council rules and procedures. Council members moved an amendment to remove the year designation from the ordinance title (removing the words “for 2025”) before the final vote; the amended ordinance passed on third reading.

Separately, the council suspended rules to read Ordinance 25-009 by title and advanced the ordinance — an ordinance to vacate and abandon a drainage easement located in Lot 5R of the Second Addition of Block C, Southern Hills — to its second reading. No substantive debate on the easement was recorded at the meeting.

Procedural votes were announced from the dais; no roll-call tallies naming individual council members’ votes were entered into the record during the public audio transcript. The meeting agenda indicated consent items were adopted earlier in the session without discussion.

The session included routine council reports and mayoral remarks; public comment was opened and no speakers were recorded.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution 25,007 — Condemnation: 300 East Pine Street (parcel 01-144074-14700); owner: Montgomery Investments Lehi; outcome: approved. Referenced in council motion and vote announcement. - Resolution 25,010 — Condemnation: 1108 Cartwright Street (parcel 01-144073-05900); owners: Zygmunt and Nancy Sue Majewski; outcome: approved. - Ordinance 25-008 — Amendment to Jonesboro Code of Ordinances, chapter 2 article 3 (City Council rules and procedures); amendment to remove year in title adopted; ordinance adopted on third reading. - Ordinance 25-009 — Vacate/abandon drainage easement in Lot 5R, Second Addition of Block C, Southern Hills; reading by title only; advanced to second reading.

The council did not record detailed vote tallies or identify individual yes/no votes in the public audio transcript for the listed items.